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Quite foggy out, which I wasn't expecting after yesterday's sunny skies. Not quite as mild either: 9°C now with an expected high of 15°C once it clears up a bit this afternoon. The barometers are up a touch at 1003/1011mB
I have a busy Friday planned involving storage, the tip, and Sainsbury's, among other things. How much of that will actually come to pass remains to be seen
Meanwhile on the 22nd of November 2019 NF's abode was paid a visit by the Immigration Gestapo which got him out of bed at some ridiculous hour, then he couldn't go back to sleep.
Foggy start to the day. Overcast but feels quite bright. Currently 12 degrees with a high of 15 expected. No rain forecast until late evening / early hours of tomorrow morning. Barometer up to 1013 mBar.
A mere 3.5 hours of work to be done today to take me up to the 2 days I was due to work this week. Next week I'm back up to a 40h week .
Brunch was scrambled eggs on crumpets that I found in the freezer as I've still not bought any bread.
Big Sainsbury's has been shopped at, largely successfully on the basis that I haven't yet remembered anything I meant to get but didn't except plain crisps
Lunch came from the food-that-once-knew-warmth counter: a couple of garlic & herb chicken thighs, along with the last bag of plain crisps remaining in the flat
The fog had cleared by the time I went out and it's starting to look as if it will soon brighten up out there, albeit still rather cloudy at the moment
So far this afternoon, I've moved six boxes over to the storage unit, and brought back a small table with drawer below. My parents had one of these each at the sides of their usual seats in their living room, and one of them will be just right as a bedside table here, replacing the rickety thing I got from Homebase many years ago
It turns out the one I brought back is missing one of the pads on the bottom of its legs, so now I need to find out what they're called so I can search for replacements on Amazon and stop it wobbling
Meanwhile in email, several identical messages from somebody testing an IT ticketing system with the address [email protected]
Also, an email from the Neighbourhood Watch lady back by the old place, who I still hadn't notified of my move. It appears the new landlord has let out the old stable, of frosty roof fame, for some kind of business activity. This is creating a nuisance, as they work late at night and cause what are described as "mini explosions". She's in the throes of trying to get the authorities to take action. So I've sent her the name and address of the new landlord and pointed out that there's very little chance he's ever applied for planning permission for light industrial use of the property, which would also be very unlikely to be granted
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